MTF: nails

[MadeleineG]

despite the blue/green/maroon trends, i am still a fan of reds and pinks. way too girlie...

I tried red for the first time recently. Liked it for a few days, but then had to compensate by going to black. What does that tell you? 🙂

[Tessa James]

I tried red for the first time recently. Liked it for a few days, but then had to compensate by going to black. What does that tell you?

Well I am guessing you are not having a "black out"

[FrancisAnn]

It is funny how some colors look just right & others just do not make you feel good. I've tried a lot of different shades during the past month by applying & wearing all night til morning. Some that I did not like at first & really wanted it off my nails looked good & felt good the next day.

It's funny to me. Thanks for posts. Have fun girl friends.

[RavenMoon]

I did glittery orange last week. I liked that a lot. Now I have turquoise. 🙂

[Jill F]

I'm getting candy apple red on the fingers and candy apple green on the toes tomorrow.  I love the UV cure gel polish!

[FrancisAnn]

Red has always been the nicest shade for the winter season. Have fun GF.

[RavenMoon]

I had blue polish on my toenails for a few weeks and decided to change them. I hadn't left them that long before. To my surprise my toenails had turned chalky white under the polish, and I could scrape off the top surface of the nail! Scared the poop out of me! A girl friend of mine said not to worry, it happens to her sometimes. Turned out to be keratin granulations, which is caused by leaving the polish on too long and from my new all leather Converse all stars. The combination prevented the nails from getting enough air! Whew! 🙂 so they are naked at the moment, which makes me sad. 🙁

[Mogu]

Well, I've been trying to drop my finger/nail biting habit and let my those heal so I could paint my nails. I think I'll try some kind of dark blue.

[FrancisAnn]

I had blue polish on my toenails for a few weeks and decided to change them. I hadn't left them that long before. To my surprise my toenails had turned chalky white under the polish, and I could scrape off the top surface of the nail! Scared the poop out of me! A girl friend of mine said not to worry, it happens to her sometimes. Turned out to be keratin granulations, which is caused by leaving the polish on too long and from my new all leather Converse all stars. The combination prevented the nails from getting enough air! Whew! 🙂 so they are naked at the moment, which makes me sad.

Good luck on letting them heal up or air out first. I've never heard of that. They stain sometimes if color direct to the nail before a layer of clear polish depending on the type polish.  Have fun GF.

[RavenMoon]

They are 98% back to normal. I had to look it up. At first I thought it was a fungus! But then I found photos that looked exactly like mine, and the common cause is nail polish.

I'll wait until after the weekend to paint them. I think it was also the polish I used. It was metallic so it might have sealed them off more.

[FrancisAnn]

Raven Moon, Some polish even the most expensive brands really soaks into the nail & stains them. That was probably the cause. Polish should never cause any fungus, yuck. My toes have been painted for months & no problems. You will be OK. Have a very nice weekend GF.

[RavenMoon]

Yes, after I did my fingernails pink for Halloween they retained a pink look after I removed the polish.

If you Google "keratin granulations" you will see what they looked like. They had patches of what looked like liquid paper on them! It was chalky and dusty. On a few of the smaller toes the whole nail was white!

I let them air out and put lotion on them, and the next day they looked much better. 🙂

[Lara the Lover and the Fighter]

All I need is a clear coat and I'm good to go!  Although I was thinking of trying something along these lines: